Manu Katché

Manu Katché
Background information
Born (1958-10-27) 27 October 1958
Origin Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Genres Jazz, rock
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, television host
Instruments Drums, percussion, talking drum
Associated acts Peter Gabriel, Sting
Website www.manu-katche.com

Manu Katché (born 27 October 1958, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) is a French musician of Ivorian origin. He is a drummer and songwriter.

Career

Session musician

He became known by some in the music world in the mid-1980s mostly thanks to the success of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So and his subsequent work with Sting on the albums …Nothing Like the Sun and The Soul Cages. Since then he has featured in the pop, rock and world music scenes playing with numerous bands and artists, including Afro Celt Sound System, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Tears For Fears, Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Dire Straits, Jan Garbarek, Mango, Manu Chao, Loreena McKennitt, Youssou N'Dour, Robbie Robertson, Joan Armatrading, Joe Satriani, Tori Amos, Richard Wright, Kyle Eastwood, the Christians, Ryuichi Sakamoto and the aforementioned Peter Gabriel and Sting, with whom he has also toured extensively. Manu has also worked with Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, a Croatian singer, on his albums Mirakul (2001) and Unca Fibre (2006), and has toured with Gibonni supporting the two albums.

He played drums on all tracks except one on Tracy Chapman's 1992 release Matters of the Heart.

With Preface

Main article: Preface (band)

From 1985 to 1988 he was in the band Preface, with guitar player Kamil Rustam.

Solo

In 1992, Katché released his first solo album, It's About Time, largely in the rock genre. His subsequent solo releases have all been jazz. He released his second solo album on September 12, 2005 entitled Neighbourhood, which features Jan Garbarek on saxophone, Tomasz Stanko on trumpet, Marcin Wasilewski on piano and Slawomir Kurkiewicz on double bass. His second ECM album, Playground was released in September 2007. In March 2010, Katché released Third Round, again on ECM.

From 2003 to 2007, along with producer Dove Attia, composer André Manoukian and singer Marianne James, he was one of the four judges in the TV-show Nouvelle Star, the French version of Idol series. He was the most feared of them for his wit and his severe judgment about the groove and the rhythm of the singing contestants.

Since January 2008, Katché has hosted the monthly program One Shot Not[1] on Arte.

In 2010 Katché composed the instrumental music for the six themed lands of the Belgian theme park Bellewaerde. An album, with the twelve compositions for the park, including music for the Mexican, western, Indian and Canadian areas, was sold in souvenir shops at the park.

In August 2011 the album Rock the Tabla was released, featuring Manu Katché, Billy Cobham, A.R. Rahman, Hossam Ramzy and Omar Faruk Tekbilek.[2]

Katche uses Yamaha drums, Remo drum heads, and Zildjian cymbals. He previously used Pro Mark and Vic Firth drumsticks, but currently uses Zildjian sticks, with whom he has his own signature model.

Drums: Yamaha

Heads: Remo, usually either coated ambassadors or pinstripes.

Sticks: Zildjian signature model (previously used Pro Mark hot rods and various Vic Firth models).

Zildjian cymbals:

13" A new beat hi-hats

6" A custom splash

16" A custom crash

16" K dark crash thin

8" K splash

8" A custom splash

11" fx oriental "trash" splash

18" K dark crash thin

21" A sweet ride

16" fx oriental china trash

Discography

As leader

[3]

As sideman

With Jeff Beck

With Tracy Chapman

With Dire Straits

With Peter Gabriel

With Jan Garbarek

With Herbie Hancock

With Nigel Kennedy

With Tony Levin

With Loreena McKennitt

With Joni Mitchell

With Joe Satriani

With Sting

With Louis Bertignac

With Richard Wright

With Robbie Robertson

References

  1. ↑ "One Shot Not | Culture | fr - ARTE". Arte.tv. 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. ↑ ARC Music Productions International limited. "Hossam Ramzy Presents - The culmination of a 10-year dream". Rock the Tabla. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ↑ "Discographie - Manu Katché | Manu Katché Website". Manu-katche.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.

External links

Preface
Jean Yves d'Angelo | Manu Katché | Kamil Rustam
Discography
Studio Albums: Palace Hotel | Un an un jour une heure
soundtracks: Black Mic Mac 2
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